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The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 provides full privilege for information shared with a patient safety organization, with the goal of encouraging voluntary error reporting.
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In the September issue of ED Legal Letter, two common contract clauses - malpractice insurance and restrictive covenants--that can be harmful to the interests of an emergency physician.
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The world of a prisoner in a correctional institution is all about control, or the lack of it. The time you wake up, when you eat, where you go, whom you speak to all is controlled by officers.
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While IRBS wait to learn the final outcome of the federal government's review of regulations for research involving prisoners, there are steps they can take right now to improve the review of these types of studies, say experts in the field.
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Every research institution wants to know that its participants have made a fully informed, unpressured decision to enroll in research. But, often, that basic question is hard to determine.
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When IRBs review protocols involving social-behavioral research, it's a good idea to define what IRB members believe are reasonable protections.
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Experts say there may be some opportunities missed in research with pregnant women. Despite some concerted government efforts that have succeeded in increasing research in this area, major industry sponsors shy away from this population.
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While the Plan B controversy has dominated emergency medicine news lately, there are several other ethical issues that arise in the ED from time to time and can create conflicts for ED physicians and nurses.
